Priorities for autism spectrum disorder risk communication and ethics

Autism

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 701-722

  Yudell, Michael ^a   Tabor, Holly K ^b,c   Dawson, Geraldine ^d   Rossi, John ^a   Newschaffer, Craig ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; ethics; risk communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

AUTISM; ETHICS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RISK;

EID: 84879313716     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361312453511     Document Type: Article

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